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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BRAYSHAW, OF NORTH WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF MAKING HAMMOCKS.

`SPIV'GCIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,207, dated August 6, 1889. Application filed August 25, 1888. Serial No. 283,789. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES BRAYSHAW, of North Veymouth, in the county of Nor-folk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in the Method of Making Hammocks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof. p

The chief difficulty with hammocks of that class in which the body is formed of Woven fabric is in cheaply and securely connecting the suspension cords to the ends thereof. For this purpose I have devised the method of manufacturing hammocks hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure I represents a perspective View of the hammock. Fig. 2 is a detail view on a larger scale, showing the loops by which the suspension-cords are connected to the hammock. Fig. 3 is a detail longitudinal section of the end of the hammock, showing the hem and the loops connected thereto; and Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views showing portions of a loom and two steps in my method of manufacturing the hammocks.

The hammock which I manufacture consists of the following parts: the hammockbody A, formed by being woven in an ordinary loom, and the suspension-cords B-and connecting-loops b.

The main feature of my invention is the formation of these connectingloops and their attachment to the hammock.

My method is as follows: Having Woven the hammock fabric to the length desired, I, without removing the same from the loom, pass one end of a cord b under the warpthreads a to the other side of the loom. A frame F, having pins fequal in number to the desired triple loops b4, is then placed upon the hammock fabric, as shown in Fig. 4. Beginning at the left, I now reach between certain numbers of the warp-threads o, seize the cord b, draw it up between the said threads, and drop the loop h2 thus formed over the first pin f. I then in the same way draw up a loop between the warp-threads a short distance farther to the right and drop it over the same pin, and farther on a third loop b2. In

the same manner I continue putting three another set of triple loops h2 is formed in the same manner as that just described, and the loom again set in motion to weave another length of hammock. Loops h2 are of course formed, as described, at the ends of eachham-` mock. I/Vhen adesired number of hammocks has been woven, they are separated by cutting through the centers of the short sections H, and the halves of said sections are then folded over and sewed to the hammock ends to form the hems O, as shown in Fig. 3. To attach the suspensioncords B, I unite the outer ends of two triple loops b4 to form each complete connecting-loop b, and then engage said cords to such joined ends, as shown at the left in Fig. 2. Having tied the outer ends of the suspension-cords to the eyes D,the hammock is complete.

lf it is desired to use a stretcher E, the notches or hooks thereof are engaged with the connecting-loops b as indicated in Fig. l.

I sometimes dispense with the suspensioncords B and make the loops hsufliciently long to be themselves connected to the eyes D.

What I claim asv my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to Wit:

l. The herein-described method of connecting suspension -cords to woven hammocks, said method consisting, rst, in passing a single cord beneath the extended warp-threads of the hammock fabric, then in pulling up loops of said cord between certain of said warp-threads, then in weaving a short section of fabric beyond said cords, and finally in folding over said short section and sewing it to the hammock fabric, substantially as set forth.

2. The method of connecting suspensioncords to woven hammocks, consisting in first passing a single cord beneath the extended Warp-threads of the hammock, next in pulling up loops of said cord between certain of said warp-threads, then in tying together sets of said loops; fourth, in weaving a short section of fabric beyond said loops; fifth, in folding IOO over said short section and sewing it to the hammock-body, and iinally in securing the suspension-cords to said loops and to the suspension-eyes, substantially as set forth.

3. The method of forming hammocks, consisting in Weaving the desired length of hammock-body, then passing a single cord beneath the Warp-threads and pulling up loops of said cord between said Warp-threads, next in Weaving a short section of hammock fabric, then inserting another series of loops and Weaving a second length of hammock fabric, inserting another series of loops, and so on until a desired number of hammocks has been \voven,separatin g the same by cutting through said short sectionsj and finally folding over and sewing said short seotions to the hammocks, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing invention I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d day of August, in the year 1888.

JAMES BRAYSHAV. [L s] Witnesses:

A. B. UPHAM, HENRY J. THAYER. 

